[149] Preface to _Ivanhoe_.
[150] _How_ the great sayings were accurately collected has not been the question before us in this discourse. But it presents little difficulty. It is not absurd to suppose (if we are required to postulate no divine assistance) that notes may have been taken in some form by certain members of the company of disciples. The profoundly thoughtful remark of Irenæus upon his own unfailing recollection of early lessons from Polycarp, would apply with indefinitely greater force to such a pupil as John, of such a teacher as Jesus. "I can thoroughly recollect things so far back better than those which have lately occurred; for lessons which have grown with us since boyhood are compacted into a unity with the very soul itself." (τη ψυχη ἑνουνται αυτη) _Euseb._, v. 29. But above all, whatever subordinate agency may have been employed in the preservation of those precious words, every Christian reverently acknowledges the fulfilment of the Saviour's promise--"The Comforter, the Holy Ghost, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance _whatsoever I have said unto you_" (John xiv. 26).
[151] Duc de Broglie. _Revue des deux Mondes._ 15 Jan. 1882. Coxe, _House of Austria_, vol. iii., chap. xcix., p. 415, sqq.
[152] John xiii. 30, xi. 35, xix. 5, xxii. 29-35.
Και αυτη εστιν ἡ Et hæc est adnuntiatio αγγελια ἡν ακηκοαμεν quam audivimus απ' αυτου, και ab eo, et adnuntiamus αναγγελλομεν ὑμιν, ὁτι vobis, quoniam Deus ὁ Θεος φως εστιν, και lux est, et tenebræ in σκοτια εν αυτω ουκ εστιν eo non sunt ullæ. Si ουδεμια. εαν ειπωμεν dixerimus quoniam societatem ὁτι κοινωνιαν εχομεν μετ' habemus cum αυτου, και εν τω σκοτει eo et in tenebris ambulamus, περιπατωμεν, ψευδομεθα, mentimur, et και ου ποιουμεν την non facimus veritatem: αληθειαν· εαν δε εν si autem in luce ambulamus τω φωτι περιπατωμεν, sicut et ipse ὡς αυτος εστιν εν est in luce, societatem τω φωτι, κοινωνιαν εχομεν habemus ad invicem, μετ' αλληλων, και et sanguis Iesu Christi, το αιμα Ιησου του Filii eius, mundat nos υιου αυτου καθαριζει omni peccato. Si ἡμας απο πασης ἁμαρτιας. dixerimus quoniam Εαν ειπωμεν ὁτι peccatum non habemus, ἁμαρτιαν ουκ εχομεν, ipsi nos seducimus, ἑαυτους πλανωμεν, και et veritas in nobis ἡ αληθεια εν ἡμιν ουκ non est. Si confiteamur εστιν. εαν ὁμολογωμεν peccata nostra, τας ἁμαρτιας ἡμων, fidelis et justus est, πιστος εστι και δικαιος, ut remittat nobis peccata ἱνα ἁφη ἡμιν τας nostra, et emundet ἁμαρτιας, και καθαριση nos ab omni iniquitate. ἡμας απο πασης αδικιας. Si dixerimus εαν ειπωμεν ὁτι ουχ quoniam non peccavimus, ἡμαρτηκαμεν, ψευστην mendacem faciemus ποιουμεν αυτον, και ὁ eum, et verbum λογος αυτου ουκ εστιν εν eius in nobis non est. ἡμιν. Filioli mei, hæc scribo vobis, ut non peccetis: Τεκνια μου, ταυτα sed et si quis peccaverit γραφω ὑμιν, ἱνα μη advocatum habemus ἁμαρτητε· και εαν τις apud Patrem, Iesum ἁμαρτη, παρακλητον Christum iustum et εχομεν προς τον πατερα, ipse est propitiatio pro Ιησουν Χριστον δικαιον· peccatis nostris, non και αυτος ιλασμος εστι pro nostris autem tantum περι των ἁμαρτιων ἡμων· sed etiam pro ου περι των ἡμετερων totius mundi. δε μονον, αλλα και περι ὁλου του κοσμου.